Fray-Adjacent

"...Get the door," Xander finishes. Because clearly whoever it is isn't going away. "This means I need pants, doesn't it."

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"There's a time and a place for pantslessness, and answering the door is neither of those," Bridge says firmly.

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Okay, fine, so there's disentangling and slightly less pantslessness, and long, grumbly trek to the door.

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KNOCK KNOCK KNOCKITY KNOCK.

...possibly a kick to the door for good measure. After which she stands there looking slightly sheepish. Slightly.

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"Yeah, yeah, I HEARD YOU," Xander growls as he opens the door. "What the he--"

And then there's just staring.

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Sheepish look? Quickly replaced by a brilliant smile as Bronwyn launches herself at Xander. "Daddy, Daddy, DADDY! Hi hi hi!"

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And Xander's a little.... he's fairly sure he possesses the power of speech. Really.

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"Why'd you move your 'partment?" Bronwyn asks. "I tried to find you and Daddy so I knocked but instead there was Miss Lulu and some guy who's home cause he's NOT my daddy and she made me eggs benefits and orange juice. And then I knocked on lots and LOTS of doors and then I knocked on this door and okay I kinda kicked it too and I'm really, really sorry,"

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Xander's a little distracted with the hugging like he's not planning on ever letting go, which is a distinct possibility, but eventually he manages to squeak, "Bridge? You might wanna come out here."

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After a brief pants-search of his own, Bridge is padding out of the bedroom and towards the entryway to the apartment. "What's going... on?" he trails off as he sees the two of them.

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"DADDY DADDY DADDY!" There seems to be a problem with Bronwyn's plan to run over and tackleglomp same. Something about the other one not letting go of her.

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Which, really, just means that Bridge has to go over there and attempt to pry her out of Xander's arms. "Hey, kiddo."

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Yeah, good luck with that. The best he might get is a turn towards him so that they can share her.

"How comes you two got losted again? I hadda come right back!"

Edited Date: 2008-04-27 03:14 am (UTC)

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"What do you mean, come right back?" Bridge says, frowning a bit as he reaches up to tuck a loose curl behind her ear.

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"Well I was goin' home so I could look for the sekrit unnerground zordbay, member?" she 'splains, just in case they forgot. "And 'cause you're there but after you gots me, not before like now, and Nick went through the swirly thing and then I did and it was all spinny and then was here again. And you was losted!"

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And yeah, that... doesn't make the frown go away. "We didn't mean to," he says quietly, giving Xander a worried look. Because he's... pretty sure that's not what was supposed to happen.

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"You just--" Xander takes in the clothes she's wearing for the first time, lost as he's been in the sound and smell and weight of her in his arms. "You just came from right where you went away before?"

Edited Date: 2008-04-27 04:14 am (UTC)

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"That's what I just said, silly Daddy," Bronwyn says, heaving a dramatic sigh.

Edited Date: 2008-04-27 04:17 am (UTC)

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"Sorry, sometimes I'm slow like that." Xander shoots Bridge a confused look back, over her head. Should he say that'd it's been a little over a year for them?

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Bridge shrugs. She hadn't been too bothered by the time-travel concept when they'd met her for the first time last year, so somehow he gets the impression that she wouldn't be too worried if they said anything about how long it'd been.

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"We got, uh, losted for a while, I guess," Xander adds, with self-described slowness. "It's been a whole year since you went away, for us."

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"Huh," Bronwyn thinks about this for all of two seconds. And then thinks about the fact that *both* Daddies were here when *she* got here. "Does that mean you'n'Daddy lives together now?" she asks curiously.

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Xander shoots another look at Bridge, but this one is more OMG WHAT THE HELL DO I SAY? "Um..."

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